Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-19
VOTE POP TH3 BONDS


The proposition has nov been inside
10 Philips couuty 5y The Chicago, Kan
aa= & Nebra=ka r.. r Ckno1n q the
Rcck -Island) 81 vote bonds ia aid ii
that great r.lway which pr iposss 70
construct theic road through the center
Of the county passing through The town
sLips Of piom. Arcade. Philips burg
Blorud aud Prairieview. 1t is net nee
essary 70 say to Close observing men
thas tbe people Of Phillips couaiy viii
be greatly beue5tted by such raj way.
There IS not q man uf ordinary inteiii-
geEee who does n5t Enow that tde con-
sJrEcti5n of tais truak line VII enhance
the vGlae Of sH property, make better
markets. for what is raised bring IN
thousands q s-nisrluts and help al on
~ 3P.s ID sen2e Of Ways We a~e fully
aware Of tie tact that We vii a.Ee D.
gay ely sell Tor lae road. bus r.At4
tL4t is true, We cou5ead that Ga can AZ
ford 10 accept the Railroad CompaHy's
proposition. We can get nothing vain
able in material sense in this world
without paying something for It.
There are good honess, and intelligent
meu who object 10 voting bond-, and
the writer confesses that under different
circumstances We might be opposed.
But in the present instance We are
strongly in favor of extending the aid
required. The bonds will not mature
for twenty years, they bear a low rate
OF interest &c per cent) and our tax
payers will never feel the burden thus
taken on. The great benefit to be de-
rived from the road passing through
the county, viii be enjoyed by those who
are still to become citizens Of this coun-
Is and by those VINO come after US, and
they ought 10 help pay Tor securing the
road
The building OF this proposed road
through the County ii distance Of thirty
three mites AS surveyed, viii not only
benefit the general public in q hundred
ways, not necessary 10 name, bul will
add 20 The taXaoie property Of tbs re-
specdve townships tbl 81 II of about
$3.50, 600. Now, the rate Of clxalion is,
and VIII. be, about / per esnr per aunuln,
On this property, which will put into
our treasury annually, The total sum of
about SI3, 200.
The bonds asked fer are spportioned
as follows:
Plum Township -............ .. ....... SIS 90
Mound -.-.--. .-.- .... --....... ....--.. IS OJJ
City " Phillipsburg ..-.-. ..-...-...... ls 600
ANY tax payer of the territory named
can easily figure the amount Of tax his
township will get from the rsilrpad
It viii be seen that in about twenty
years, or by the time the bonds mature,
the railroad will have paid into the
treasury in taxes ii sum equal 70 the
bonds the people have voted. II may
be thought by some that we have placed
the sum two high at which the road
will be assessed for taxation $50, 900
per mile) We think not. There are
four trunk lines in Kansas, to-wiU: The
Atchison, Topeka 6 Santa Fe whica
was assessed at S11,459.97 per mile in
1885, and at 81, 7S9.45 in 1886.
The Kansas City, Ft. Scout G Gulf
assessed at S9,937.OO per mile in 1885
and 80. O62 % in 1856.
The Union Pacific at 30 ,572- 90 in
1885 and 90, 553 90 in 1886.
The Kansas Topeka aud Western at
SIP, 1900 in 1885 and at SI3. sos AS il
1856
These figures are taken from toe
Fifth Biennial Report Of the Auditor OF
State 1856 - aad are official
The Rock island is @ trunE or
through .ine-as wealthy a corporation
IS there Is in the w-s5-and 81 will not
/ be assessed at less than $4,000 or
mile for taxable purposes. Indeed that
+ is less than ths acreage assessment OF
I the four trunk lines meauoned above.
IL may be thought by some that the as
! seasmsnt dimjuishes or decreases. Not
so. They have all increased as shown
/ by tire official reports except The Union
Pacific and that was occasiOned by rea-
! son of a diminishing of the valRe of the
rolling stock, The value IS much more
likely 70 be enhanced than diminished,
and there is good reason for that. As
the county gets older and the roads get
Weather the assessment viii DC higher.
j Look NJ this matter from whatever
stand point Ne may. and va can see
. many rsasors why Ne should vote for
I the bonds and get the road, ald no
/ good reason why we should not 50 70te.
: AL classes viii BE- benefited but es.
. psaia'ly the farmer. The building %
: this proposed through lire will bs the
beg naI"g OF new aud prosperous era
/ IN Phlaps county. Now let there be d
long pGl, a strong pdH and q pull al
/ together FOR tLs s-ROck Island ."
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! commissioners PrOceedings.
. OElae OF 5he County Clerk Of the county OF Pal
lips, o-sts OF Kansas, March 10Th, A. D.ISS5, Al u